Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer

The Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.

List of winners

1999s

• 1998: John Williams – Saving Private Ryan
• 1999: Gabriel Yared – The Talented Mr. Ripley

2000s

2000

• Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer – Gladiator

2001

• Howard Shore – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • John Williams – A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • Christopher Young – The Shipping News

2002

• John Williams – Catch Me If You Can, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Minority Report
  • Philip Glass – The Hours
  • Howard Shore – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2003

• Howard Shore – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • Clint Eastwood – Mystic River
  • Danny Elfman – Big Fish
  • Gabriel Yared – Cold Mountain
  • Hans Zimmer – The Last Samurai

2004

• Howard Shore – The Aviator
  • Michael Giacchino – The Incredibles
  • Rolfe Kent – Sideways

2005

• John Williams – Memoirs of a Geisha
  • James Horner – The New World
  • Gustavo Santaolalla – Brokeback Mountain
  • Nancy Wilson – Elizabethtown

2006

• Philip Glass – The Illusionist
  • Clint Mansell – The Fountain
  • Thomas Newman – The Good German
  • Gustavo Santaolalla – Babel
  • Howard Shore – The Departed
  • Hans Zimmer – The Da Vinci Code

2007

• Jonny Greenwood – There Will Be Blood
  • Marco Beltrami – 3:10 to Yuma
  • Alexandre Desplat – Lust, Caution (Se, jie)
  • Clint Eastwood – Grace Is Gone
  • Dario Marianelli – Atonement
  • Alan Menken – Enchanted

2008

• A. R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire
  • Alexandre Desplat – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Clint Eastwood – Changeling
  • Danny Elfman – Milk
  • James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer – The Dark Knight

2009

• Michael Giacchino – Up
  • Carter Burwell and Karen O – Where the Wild Things Are
  • Marvin Hamlisch – The Informant!
  • Randy Newman – The Princess and the Frog
  • Hans Zimmer – Sherlock Holmes

2010s

2010

• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Social Network
  • Carter Burwell – True Grit
  • Alexandre Desplat – The King's Speech
  • Clint Mansell – Black Swan
  • Hans Zimmer – Inception

2011

• Ludovic Bource – The Artist
  • Cliff Martinez – Drive
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
  • Howard Shore – Hugo
  • John Williams – War Horse

2012

• John Williams – Lincoln
  • Alexandre Desplat – Argo
  • Mychael Danna – Life of Pi
  • Jonny Greenwood – The Master
  • Alexandre Desplat – Moonrise Kingdom

2013

• Steven Price – Gravity
  • Arcade Fire – Her
  • Thomas Newman – Saving Mr. Banks
  • Hans Zimmer – 12 Years a Slave

2014

• Antonio Sánchez – Birdman
  • Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
  • Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Theory of Everything
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
  • Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

2015

• Ennio Morricone – The Hateful Eight
  • Carter Burwell – Carol
  • Jóhann Jóhannsson – Sicario
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto – The Revenant
  • Howard Shore – Spotlight

2016

• • Nicholas Britell – Moonlight
  • Justin Hurwitz – La La Land
  • Jóhann Jóhannsson – Arrival
  • Mica Levi – Jackie
  • Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka – Lion